I have one. I bought it used . . . it had less than 1 hour on it and I paid only $500. I felt that was an AWESOME deal. The lady who purchased it new bought it for her husband who lost a hand in an accident. He was unable to use it because you MUST hold on to the machine when you use it.
I've got about 40 hours on it now and have not had any problems. I know you are supposed to change the hydraulic tubes about once a year but I hear it's no big deal to put the new ones on. A friend of mine has had hers for about 3 years and has changed the tubes twice. She puts 45 minutes a day on her machine 365 days a year. I don't remember what she said the tubes cost.
It's a fast and fabulous cardio workout. I am within my aerobic zone within the first 60- 70 seconds of getting on the machine.
It comes with a Heart Rate Monitor, a Polar transmitter strap, that is accurate for your heart rate but I can tell you the "calories burned" feature is VERY off. For me, it's off about 50%. For my husband it's off about 35%.
I use a Polar F4 when I workout. Here's a few of my last TreadClimber stats. I'm 42 years old, female, 177 pounds. (Down from 212)
21 minute workout, 20:22 in the zone, average heart rate 135, max heart rate, 152, calories burned: 160
38 minutes: 300 calories burned. (Didn't write down other stuff.)
90 minutes: 709 calories burned.
I highly recommend the TreadClimber. Please feel free to PM me if you have any other questions.
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